Athis fuscorubra Houlbert 1917
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Athis fuscorubra (Houlbert 1917) (Fig. 2)
Castnia fuscorubra Houlbert 1917: Kaye & Lamont (1927).
This species appears to have a wide distribution in South America; specimens have been recorded from Trinidad, Perú, Ecuador, and Venezuela (Kaye & Lamont 1927; González 2004; Houlbert 1917, 1918; Lathy 1922). However, it is not a common species and has been reported to be “at risk” in Venezuela; due to insufficient knowledge, no specific peril of extinction has been assigned (Rodríguez & RojasSuárez 1995). Kaye & Lamont (1927) suggested that Athis fuscorubra was a “possible … form of” Athis inca (Walker) (as C. inca), but this is not correct. The southernmost distribution of A. inca is Panama (Miller 1972, 1986). The confusion may have arisen because A. inca was described by Walker (1854) based on material from Honduras, “ Venezuela ”, and Mexico. However, González (2004) suggests that the only Athis inca specimen from Venezuela (in BMNH) is mislabeled. Furthermore, the Venezuelan Athis axaqua González & Fernández Yépez, which is more closely related to A. pinchoni and A. palatinus (Cramer) than to the Central American A. inca, was commonly called “ Castnia inca ” and this added to the confusion (González 2004). This species is known from Trinidad from just two specimens in the BMNH, neither with precise locality data, and one in AME. The Lowsley specimen in BMNH is that referred to by Kaye & Lamont (1927) as “in coll. Joicey”.
Material Examined: NARIVA: 1ɗ, Rio Claro, R. Dick (AME); TRINIDAD: 1ɗ, Lowsley (BMNH); 1Ψ, Ex Lathy (BMNH).
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.158237 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF83FF86FFE8455FFF8DFF94547BFFE6 (URL)
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- https://www.gbif.org/species/119609006 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/41491/taxon/03BA87FEFFEB455CFE85FDC856AAFA48.taxon (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Houlbert
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Castniidae
- Genus
- Athis
- Species
- fuscorubra
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Athis fuscorubra Houlbert, 1917 sec. González & Cock, 2004
References
- Houlbert, C. (1917) Diagnoses de castnies nouvelles et rectification de quelques noms indument employes. Etudes de Lepidopterologie Comparee, 13, 49 - 87.
- Kaye, W. J., Lamont, N. (1927) A catalogue of the Trinidad Lepidoptera Heterocera (Moths). Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of Trinidad and Tobago, 3, 1 - 144.
- Gonzalez, J. M. (2004) Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) de Venezuela. VI. The genus Athis. Diagnosis and comments. Caribbean Journal of Science, 40 (3), (in press)
- Houlbert, C. (1918) Revision monographique de la sous-famille des Castniinae. Etudes de Lepidopterologie Comparee, 15, 1 - 730.
- Lathy, P. I. (1922) An account of the Castniinae in the collection of Madame Gaston Fournier (Lepidoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 9, 9 (49), 68 - 86.
- Rodriguez, J. P., & Rojas-Suarez, F. (1995) Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana. Provita-Fundacion Polar, Caracas, 444 pp.
- Miller, J. Y. (1972) Review of the Central American Castnia inca complex (Castniidae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum, 6, 1 - 13.
- Miller, J. Y. (1986) The taxonomy, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the Neotropical Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Castnioidea: Castniidae). Ph. D. thesis. University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, 571 pp.
- Walker, F. (1854) List of the specimens of Lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum, London, 278 pp.